Many thanks to marc_s for the following code sample, from my previous issue Creating user in Active Directory with C# errors
public static string ldapPath = "LDAP://OU=Domain Users,DC=contoso,DC=com";
public static string CreateUserAccount(string userName, string userPassword)
{
// set up domain context
PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "contoso.com",ldapPath);
// create a user principal object
UserPrincipal user = new UserPrincipal(ctx, userName, userPassword, true);
// assign some properties to the user principal
user.GivenName = "User";
user.Surname = "One";
// force the user to change password at next logon
user.ExpirePasswordNow();
// save the user to the directory
user.Save();
return user.SamAccountName;
}
Now I'm trying to get the user account into a specific OU. Keeping the ldapPath in the PrincipalContext errors
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalOperationException: Unknown error (0x80005000) ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80005000): Unknown error (0x80005000)
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_SchemaEntry()
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.ADStoreCtx.IsContainer(DirectoryEntry de)
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.ADStoreCtx..ctor(DirectoryEntry ctxBase, Boolean ownCtxBase, String username, String password, ContextOptions options)
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.CreateContextFromDirectoryEntry(DirectoryEntry entry)
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.DoLDAPDirectoryInit()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.DoLDAPDirectoryInit()
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.DoDomainInit()
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.Initialize()
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.ContextForType(Type t)
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.Principal.GetStoreCtxToUse()
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.Principal.set_SamAccountName(String value)
at System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.UserPrincipal..ctor(PrincipalContext context, String samAccountName, String password, Boolean enabled)
at ADINtegrationTest.ActiveDirectory.CreateUserAccount(String userName, String userPassword) in D:\_data\ADINtegrationTest\ADINtegrationTest\ActiveDirectoryUtils.cs:line 20
at ADINtegrationTest.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\_data\ADINtegrationTest\ADINtegrationTest\Form1.cs:line 32
And if i remove the ldapPath, it works fine, but throws the user account into the Users OU. I also tried the ldapPath like LDAP://contoso.com/OU=Domain Users,DC=contoso,DC=com, which didn't work.